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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Simon Says..........Christmas

This week our theme is Christmas or Happy Holidays! I'm thrilled to be able to get some Christmas cards started now and save on the stress when the Holidays get closer! I just received some new Penny Black Christmas stamps and made 2 very different cards for you today:

My first card uses a new woodblock called Holly Concert, and I paired it up with this wonderful sentiment from the Season's Wishes clear set. First I stamped the birds and holly on white cardstock, embossed it, and then colored them in with markers. After cutting out the panel carefully I popped it above the blue snowflake paper background, then stamped my sentiment and added some new Snowflake Trio dies. I love how this turned out, and love the pairing of the image and the sentiment!

For my 2nd card, the design couldn't have been simpler, thanks to the tree image, also from the Season's Wishes set:

I stamped it right onto my card base with Hero Arts mid-tone Forever Green ink, and used Simon's Holiday Shapes to cut out a red star to cover the stamped star underneath it. Then I added some candy-striped dps, and some metallic decor to decorate the tree. Couldn't have been simpler!

Not ready for so much Christmas, Lin, but you have got my heart in the right place. Love those sweet birds (but can't believe you did all that cutting) and the great graphic style of the second one. Both are amazing!

Thanks for visiting!

A former quilter, being creative has always made me happy, but making cards allows me to express my love of color and pattern, and then share that joy with someone else when I mail a card. I try to do something creative everyday.